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Italian music academy rebuilt in post-earthquake renewal

Following the 2016 earthquakes in central Italy, one town has finally got back its music academy, with a new design thanks to Alvisi Kirimoto

Architecture
02.02.21

A new community centre in West Bengal is covered in intricate brickwork

Inspired by local terracotta temples, Abin Design Studio's Gallery House provides a small but mighty hub for the residents of Bansberia

Architecture
29.01.21

OPEN Architecture designs blue Bibliotheater in Shanghai

The ship-like building features unusual design touches to celebrate reading and performing

Architecture
28.01.21

Bell Phillips completes new school building in Kent

The extension to The Skinners' School complements surrounding Victorian red-brick architecture

Architecture
27.01.21

Learning in the landscape: House of Grain by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

In northern Denmark, a new educational building blends vernacular architecture with contemporary design to help explore agricultural heritage

Architecture
25.01.21

Radical architecture of the future – in five projects

A new book from Beatrice Galilee demonstrates architecture's potential to effect change

Architecture
22.01.21

Kyoto chapel renovated with immersive cedar wood lattice

Katori archi+design associates’ renovation and earthquake retrofit of the Japanese chapel is dominated by a striking wooden insertion

Architecture
20.01.21

A new community centre by Mæ Architects combines local history with sustainable design

The Sands End Arts and Community Centre in south-west London aims to be an inclusive space for locals

Architecture
18.01.21

Mexico City concrete housing designed with undulating, irregular facade

Inspired by Mexican modernism, Young & Ayata collaborated with Michan Architecture to create an unexpected concrete apartment block

Architecture
15.01.21

In Spain, a healthcare building with a civic presence

Designed by Estudio de Arquitectura Javier Terrados, the sleek health centre in Gibraleón overlooks an open-air arena and museum

Architecture
12.01.21

Scaffold ‘amphitheatre’ in Bogotá hosts open-air activities amid pandemic

Designed by Colab-19, La Concordia: Amphitheatre continues an initiative in the Colombian capital to support struggling businesses

Architecture
08.01.21

Dutch military fort turned into new ‘urban park’

The Hoofddorp Fort transformation aims to balance historic preservation with public amenity

Architecture
07.01.21

Kunsthaus Zürich museum expanded by David Chipperfield Architects

The new limestone building has made the Kunsthaus the largest art museum in Switzerland

Architecture
05.01.21

Jonathan Tuckey creates CLT theatre for Berkshire school

The David Brownlow Theatre provides a flexible space both for pupils and the local community

Architecture
31.12.20

CEBRA adds a new neighbourhood to Aarhus in Denmark

Comprising a new cobbled street and 146 homes, the project aims to create a community-focused 'shared space'

Architecture
29.12.20

OLI Architecture designs pavilion for Richard Serra’s London Cross sculpture

In Bedford, NY, the LX Pavilion forms a new home for the sculptor's monumental work

Architecture
23.12.20

The WAYSS Youth Transition Hub in Melbourne is designed for young people on the brink of homelessness

Local practice Bent Architecture created a neighbourhood-like complex of accommodation and communal facilities for support

Architecture
21.12.20

Snøhetta designs new headquarters for Le Monde in Paris

The large-scale, glass-clad office building had its fair share of challenges before coming to fruition – but aims to make a statement

Architecture
17.12.20

MAD Architects creates Beijing kindergarten with colourful roof playscape

The new project wraps around an 18th-century courtyard and stimulates intergenerational integration

Architecture
15.12.20

‘Mishmash’ of industrial buildings transformed into new design studio by Pearson Lloyd and Cassion Castle

The Yorkton Workshops project involved the sensitive conversion of a Victorian block in east London 

Architecture
14.12.20

Experimental brick bothy constructed using AR headset

The digitally designed structure is part of a project by Material Architecture Lab and Piercy&Company investigating mixed-reality fabrication

Architecture
09.12.20

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